Tell me a story!

[callistoluna]

Ok with this thread it is fairly simple. We will follow the sitter's story to see one of the many options open to them (the most likely one for the present!) and tell it like a story.

Basically, we start with a very simple question and ask questions based on what card comes out. I only draw one card and explain it for the question.

You ask a question and I pull a card and tell you what I see.

You then think about what I've said and ask a question again based on what "future you" would do.

Basically what is required is feed back based on my interpretations and how you think they may apply to your situation (based on where we are in the reading - now or future)

Who is game to give it a go? I'd like to do one "story" at a time so as not to confuse me and others reading the thread.

It is a type of reading style I find works with people who have a complicated question and it normally takes somewhere between 4-8 cards to finish a story..

My preferred decks for this type of reading are : Universal Waite, Robin Wood, Deviant Moon or Robin Wood. And for those feeling a little more "out there" - Sacred Circle, Quest or Voyager. If no real preferences I may choose depending on what you ask.

[Muji]

<wide eyes> Love at first sight!

I would love to start this off! May I?

Edit: I should have thought about how tired I was before posting this! I would love to do this, but if you find someone who can do it before I can (probably 20-something hours, or so, from the time this post was edited, at the earliest), do it with them! I imagine it'd be easiest to do this with someone who could actually respond in a quick time frame, especially since you're doing this with a single person at a time.

[TinySpark]

I'd love to start this off (this being my official first day of Spring Break and all).

My question is how will I be able to pull off this whole 3 jobs and school business, that is if I get a chance at the third job?

Thanks! This seems like an awesome technique. Robin Wood if you don't mind.

EDIT: sorry Muji, just saw your post above mine. I'll kindly wait my turn!

[Muji]

Go ahead and go first, TinySpark! It'll be a little bit before I can do this, I won't have access to a computer (except mobile) for a while. I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out!

Kind regards,
Muji

[callistoluna]

Originally Posted by TinySpark

I'd love to start this off (this being my official first day of Spring Break and all).

My question is how will I be able to pull off this whole 3 jobs and school business, that is if I get a chance at the third job?

Thanks! This seems like an awesome technique. Robin Wood if you don't mind.

I have pulled the 3 of Cups - during this time of spring break, others seem to be having a ball and partying (oh and working and studying but it's normally a time of taking a break, hence the term spring break!) However, with you and your busy schedule, you may miss out on all that. there are 3 girls in the picture, dancing together - you will manage to fit everything in but will you be able to rest? To take a break in between or is your dance card full? This is something to think about if you get the third job. Seeing as you are on the break now, I take the three to be your 3 jobs which means you probably will get the third job. It could also stand for work, study and social responsibilities - these are very important to you.

Shall we see how you are going to manage it?

[TinySpark]

Originally Posted by callistoluna

I have pulled the 3 of Cups - during this time of spring break, others seem to be having a ball and partying (oh and working and studying but it's normally a time of taking a break, hence the term spring break!) However, with you and your busy schedule, you may miss out on all that. there are 3 girls in the picture, dancing together - you will manage to fit everything in but will you be able to rest? To take a break in between or is your dance card full? This is something to think about if you get the third job. Seeing as you are on the break now, I take the three to be your 3 jobs which means you probably will get the third job. It could also stand for work, study and social responsibilities - these are very important to you.

Shall we see how you are going to manage it?

Hmm, I see this is the present so, I need to focus on getting as much academics done ahead of time as I can, so that I can balance my (hopefully) three jobs and school and life. I see this card as a need for major balance in these three areas of my life as you do. I will have to make a decision.... one of my three jobs has to go. Will it be my design job or my teacher's assistant job, or possibly both. Especially if I get the full time job I am hoping for. I don't want my cups to be dangerously overfull, as I tend to get a mental headache from that sort of life. I should know I have lived it before!

So, unfortunately I think I will have to let go of my job working with a blind middle school teacher. It is extremely gratifying BUT there is so much drama at the school site. Since the Prinicipal is trying to get rid of my teacher.

p.s. I am not sure if this is enough storytelling. Let me know what kind of situations and scenes you would like me to include. I didn't want this to become a journal of my everyday life but I don't want it to be dull either!

[callistoluna]

No worries -

Well, to carry on with the story, let say you are thinking about giving up the middle school teachers' assistant job. What card comes next?

I have pulled the Wheel of Fortune - wow, it's a roller coaster ride but you need to find the balance - what comes also goes and what is a plus is balanced out by a negative. In this case you may need to change things in order to make things fit but as you climb to the top of the wheel to make your life work better, so are others affected by it (the people you are leaving). however it is also a card of karma. Saying that you have left this job and have moved on (the wheel has turned so to speak) shall we see what is in store for you next?

[TinySpark]

Originally Posted by callistoluna

No worries -

Well, to carry on with the story, let say you are thinking about giving up the middle school teachers' assistant job. What card comes next?

I have pulled the Wheel of Fortune - wow, it's a roller coaster ride but you need to find the balance - what comes also goes and what is a plus is balanced out by a negative. In this case you may need to change things in order to make things fit but as you climb to the top of the wheel to make your life work better, so are others affected by it (the people you are leaving). however it is also a card of karma. Saying that you have left this job and have moved on (the wheel has turned so to speak) shall we see what is in store for you next?

Yes, lets! I suppose if I leave my teacher's assistant job, I will keep it until the end of this school year, so sometime early July. That would mean I would have to have to lose my design job. And work a nine to five job AND a nights and weekend job AND take classes. hmm. I think I can see the negative side to this. No social life for the next few months. All work and no play make TinySpark a busy gal. Hopefully I will also make friends at my new job, so I can at least have some social interaction during lunches...

Unfortunately for my teacher, I think he will have some trouble finding someone new, but I would help him find someone at my community college, since that is where he found me. He has also been scrutinized by the school as of late, so that could be bad news for him.

[TinySpark]

Originally Posted by callistoluna

No worries -

Well, to carry on with the story, let say you are thinking about giving up the middle school teachers' assistant job. What card comes next?

I have pulled the Wheel of Fortune - wow, it's a roller coaster ride but you need to find the balance - what comes also goes and what is a plus is balanced out by a negative. In this case you may need to change things in order to make things fit but as you climb to the top of the wheel to make your life work better, so are others affected by it (the people you are leaving). however it is also a card of karma. Saying that you have left this job and have moved on (the wheel has turned so to speak) shall we see what is in store for you next?

Yes, lets! I suppose if I leave my teacher's assistant job, I will keep it until the end of this school year, so sometime early July. That would mean I would have to have to lose my design job. And work a nine to five job AND a nights and weekend job AND take classes. hmm. I think I can see the negative side to this. No social life for the next few months. All work and no play make TinySpark a busy gal. Hopefully I will also make friends at my new job, so I can at least have some social interaction during lunches...

Unfortunately for my teacher, I think he will have some trouble finding someone new, but I would help him find someone at my community college, since that is where he found me. He has also been scrutinized by the school as of late, so that could be bad news for him.

[callistoluna]

The next card I have drawn is the Lovers - another major arcana card attributed to choices! Well, moving on from the assisitant teacher job to working several jobs, and studying and having no outside life, again you need to find balance but maybe you find a romance along the way. If not a romance then maybe a union of sorts? maybe the social aspect will come in to play if you continue on this path - there could be a blending of work with a social life with people at work!


Where shall we take this story next? Would you like to see if you are meeting someone or if it pans out to be an awesome friendship with a great new friend and work college?